Should I ditch my half stack and go digital?

The LAST thing I want to do (in the summer) is turn of a tube head. It's Hot enough, and despite AC and fans, a tube head is like a Space Heater!
Those are the times I wish I had a nice Digital setup into two 1x12's, in stereo.
 
JohnnyGtar said:
I don't play live anymore. Thinking of ditching my halfstack, maybe I'll keep my combo. Tired of needing cap jobs, tubes, etc. I'm disabled and can't afford that stuff anymore. The thing is, digital sounds so good now and back in the day, I'd have sold my left nut to get some of the sounds that are possible today with digital.

Whaddya think? PS, playing really loud to get the air moving isn't an option where I live.
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I’d only go digital, if you can get an AxeFx3 turbo.
(The route I took)
It really is a great sounding unit.
 
Bro in your situation dump that shit and get something digital. I even recommend some programs like stltones. I used that with headphones and monitors and it was great. Just watch for latency depending on your computer setup. I think the programs without hardware are more for reamping. Plenty of quality choices nowadays. Even the really cheap shit is pretty killer. Hell I have had 3 line 6 rigs throughout the years that were great. Pod pro rack, bbe, mesa 2020 2 mesa halfback 4x12’s. That setup murdered. And before anyone laughs listen to Dino from ff and get back to me. Pod xt bean…bought off a forum bro here that also had the metal pack installed. Maybe all the packs. Used primarily with headphones. Hooked it to my vh4 and jvm once and fuck it was nuts. Gflex 2x12 and Randall Ian cab with 2x12/1x15… lastly hd500 for the church gig. It was great. Setup and tear down was the shit. So anyway bro…do you, but knowing what I know digital would work great for your situation.
 
DanTravis62 said:
Everyone who dumps their amps ends up regretting it.


Keep whatever your favorite is, sell everything else, and get a nice axe fx, kemper, helix, or whatever modeler it is you like
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And this is correct. I have done sell offs and give aways and have went back to it. Few times actually.
 
DanTravis62 said:
Everyone who dumps their amps ends up regretting it.
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Yep. Let's see, dump my amp in favor of hoping the house p.a operator has enough of my signal through the monitor for me to hear it, or alternatively, start lugging a digital box+monitor around. For gigs it just sounds like about the same amount of work either way unless you trust every sound pruh-fesshunul out there to put a polish on your sound through the mains. Never mind getting the monitor mix right to begin with and it all is supposed to happen in about five minutes time.....
 
I went pretty much all digital and haven’t really looked back. I’ll play some tube amps every once and a while for fun, but I think digital has improved enough to surpass tubes for home use
 
Dan Gleesak said:
I went pretty much all digital and haven’t really looked back. I’ll play some tube amps every once and a while for fun, but I think digital has improved enough to surpass tubes for home use
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I'm still all analog at home since I hardly ever plug in when I'm practicing around the house anyways, lol.
 
VonBonfire said:
I'm still all analog at home since I hardly ever plug in when I'm practicing around the house anyways, lol.
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I really want to try out some of these new “pedal sized” tube amps. Victory has some and that tone king one looks cool.

Between tube amp into IRs and all digital, I still prefer tubes into IRs for feel, but digital is so close and offers every tone you can think of at a moments notice, so ultimately it wins out for the me myself and I crowd I play to these days
 
VonBonfire said:
Yep. Let's see, dump my amp in favor of hoping the house p.a operator has enough of my signal through the monitor for me to hear it, or alternatively, start lugging a digital box+monitor around. For gigs it just sounds like about the same amount of work either way unless you trust every sound pruh-fesshunul out there to put a polish on your sound through the mains. Never mind getting the monitor mix right to begin with and it all is supposed to happen in about five minutes time.....
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Me or Jonny don’t play out…. Takes to much away from our male stripper careers…
 
Dan Gleesak said:
Oh my bad man. I assumed you were stripping for dudes
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Gay bars pay more…
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JohnnyGtar said:
I don't play live anymore. Thinking of ditching my halfstack, maybe I'll keep my combo. Tired of needing cap jobs, tubes, etc. I'm disabled and can't afford that stuff anymore. The thing is, digital sounds so good now and back in the day, I'd have sold my left nut to get some of the sounds that are possible today with digital.

Whaddya think? PS, playing really loud to get the air moving isn't an option where I live.
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Here's what I would recommend going in order from cheapest to more expensive. Tonex -Line6 HX Stomp- Fractal FM3/9- Fractal Axe FX. You can have a lot of fun jamming with any of these units. Invest in a good quality pair of headphones or studio monitors.
 
Man up, dump the half stack and get a full stack. Or just get another half stack, making a full stack. I’m bad at mathing
 
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